{"id":733,"date":"2010-11-13T18:03:38","date_gmt":"2010-11-14T01:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/?p=733"},"modified":"2010-11-13T18:47:36","modified_gmt":"2010-11-14T01:47:36","slug":"slowly-climbing-the-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/13\/slowly-climbing-the-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Slowly Climbing The Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, National Novel Writing Month is progressing slowly but surely so far; I’m behind, but not super behind, and most importantly, not falling further<\/em> behind: and the daily deficit is keeping constant. Today I have some extra time, so I will try to get caught up completely. You can see how far I’ve gotten on the graph below:
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\"Progress<\/a>
Progress on Nano So Far<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nI’d say this is procrastination, but it really does help to know just how far behind I am, and how much I need to write each day to catch up. Plus, I can reuse this Excel graph next year (this is actually a slight refinement of last year’s Nano graph for Liquid Fire).<\/p>\n

Also, to save time, for the first time I’m using WordPress’s scheme for inserting and saving images, rather than my own. Downside: problems if I need to leave WordPress, but I’m a big boy now, and can write my own converter and URL rewriter if I need to. Upside: time, of course.<\/p>\n

Oh, I almost forgot … the excerpt! Here’s where we are now:<\/p>\n

Without a second thought, Jeremiah decked the guard. One fist, one punch, flying out, clocking her jaw and laying her out, ten feet out on the tile. The gun spun away, impacted, fired, the deadly bullet shattering a storefront of glass.<\/p>\n

There were shouts, screams, and panic, but to Jeremiah\u2019s delighted horror the crowd did not scatter like civilians. A dark-suited man saw the guard fall and came at Jeremiah; a frilly young girl in a beret saw the gun and dove for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cCapital,\u201d Jeremiah said, ducking one punch, blocking the other, popping the man on the jaw, then kneeing him in the groin when he didn\u2019t fall. \u201cAbsolutely capital!\u201d she said, kicking the gun away into the glass just as the bereted girl seized it. Jeremiah clamped both hands on the girl\u2019s arms to neutralize her, lifted her up, and said, \u201cI\u2019m so proud of you!\u201d before head-butting so hard her beret came off and she fell back in a sudden spray of hair, eyes rolling.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should go,\u201d Patrick said, shepherding Georgiana out of the darkened cave of the restaurant.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid you see,\u201d Jeremiah said, blocking another punch, kicking her new assailant in the gut, then decking a third man. \u201cThese people have spines!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cVery much so,\u201d Georgiana said. \u201cGood for them, but for us\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFear not!\u201d Jeremiah said; there were no more instant heroes popping out of the crowd, but there were still the shouts and screams and now whistles blowing, so it was very definitely time to go. \u201cFollow me, thataway!\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Onward! Wind up your braces, let’s do this…
\n-the Centaur<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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